08 Jun 2018 Story Oceans & seas

University students clear litter from Russky Island off Vladivostok on World Environment Day

Russky Island, Russian Federation, June 2018 - Students and teachers of Far Eastern Federal University located on Russky island in Peter the Great Gulf off Vladivostok on the Russian Federation’s Northwest Pacific coast, marked World Environment Day 2018 by removing 200 kg of marine litter from the island.

The coastal clean-up, organized by Ekostart Ltd, a non-governmental organization with the support of the Vladivostok City Administration, covered a 300 m section of the coastline and collected 50 kg of plastic and nearly 100 kg of glass, besides other waste. 

The collected litter was sorted by the students and removed for further processing.

NOWPAP provided information support for the 5 June World Environment Day activity on Russky island.  

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